As someone who still watches TV on a black and white set, can I use BBC iPlayer with a black and white licence? SR, by email
As you won’t be surprised to learn, TV Licensing says no. It explains that since the digital switchover (completed in 2012), a black and white licence has only been valid if you connect a black and white TV to a digital box that can’t record. This is because DVD, VHS and digital box recorders record in colour.
“If you watch or record on any other device, for example by watching iPlayer on a tablet, computer or phone, you will require a colour TV licence,” it says.
Amazingly, it told us that around 9,300 people still have black and white licences – or did in December 2015, the last time figures were published. Not snooker fans, presumably.
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